Unearthing Australian Travel Startups at SydStart

Earlier this month we headed to SydStart – Australia’s largest startup conference and exhibition – in search of Australian travel startups making waves down under. We found a number of companies building new ideas in travel and also met Travel Massive friends from Russia and Montreal.

Watch the interviews below or head over to our Travel Massive SydStart album on Vimeo.

Episode 1 – Australian Travel Startups Unearthed

We met 5 new travel startups from Sydney and found out what they were up to and why they decided to build companies in the travel industry:

Janeece Keller from BoundRound.com – a travel planning application for children
Rod Bishop from JayRide.com – a platform for airport transfers
Kevin Jochelson from Fiestafy.com – find festivals and events while you travel
Steve Nomchong from LocalTravelPlanner.com – a marketplace for DMOs
Steve Hui from iFlyFlat.com – helps people make the most of their frequent flyer points

Episode 2 – Interview with Max Kraynov, JetRadar

We also met Max Kraynov the CEO of JetRadar.com / AviaSales.ru – Russia’s largest travel search engine who recently launched a new product called Magic Fare. We asked Max what are the trends he see’s in the travel industry in 2015 and what are some tips for building a successful travel startup. According to Max, an appetite for risk is essential and without taking risks startup companies are much less likely to succeed.

Episode 3 – Interview with Lauren McLeod, FlightFox

Lauren’s Flight Fox – an expert flight search community – has migrated their team across the world in search of the perfect startup location and are currently based in Montreal. We ask Lauren for some advice on building a travel startup and learn about the story of Flight Fox’s migration around the world’s startup hubs including Silicon Valley and Berlin.

Ian Cumming is the Founder of Travel Massive and resides in Bangkok and Sydney. He’s working on creating the largest open travel network and unearthing travel everywhere in the world.